Starfish Overlords
June 19, 2015 12:43 PM Subscribe
So what you're saying is that I can dodge bullets?
"When you're a starfish, Neo, you won't have to. You'll just shed them."
posted by I-baLL at 12:58 PM on June 19, 2015 [17 favorites]
"When you're a starfish, Neo, you won't have to. You'll just shed them."
posted by I-baLL at 12:58 PM on June 19, 2015 [17 favorites]
They also have no brain.
posted by Artw at 1:00 PM on June 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 1:00 PM on June 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
They also have no brain.
They probably ejected them through the tips of their arms.
posted by aubilenon at 1:05 PM on June 19, 2015 [10 favorites]
They probably ejected them through the tips of their arms.
posted by aubilenon at 1:05 PM on June 19, 2015 [10 favorites]
Starfish are Wolverine!
posted by Splunge at 1:06 PM on June 19, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Splunge at 1:06 PM on June 19, 2015 [5 favorites]
Once the magnets were in place, Trina tugged out a strand of her long hair and attached a matching magnet to its end, creating a delicate pendulum.
Is it standard practice to use hair in such a manner?
posted by Harpocrates at 1:06 PM on June 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
Is it standard practice to use hair in such a manner?
posted by Harpocrates at 1:06 PM on June 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
Artw: "They also have no brain."
Just gonna softball 'em in like that, huh?
posted by boo_radley at 1:07 PM on June 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Just gonna softball 'em in like that, huh?
posted by boo_radley at 1:07 PM on June 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
This is cool!
posted by shelleycat at 1:11 PM on June 19, 2015
posted by shelleycat at 1:11 PM on June 19, 2015
They also have no brain.
Yet another all-purpose Metafilter comment that fits is nearly any thread.
posted by GuyZero at 1:15 PM on June 19, 2015 [25 favorites]
Yet another all-purpose Metafilter comment that fits is nearly any thread.
posted by GuyZero at 1:15 PM on June 19, 2015 [25 favorites]
Better call in the Justice League
posted by prize bull octorok at 1:17 PM on June 19, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by prize bull octorok at 1:17 PM on June 19, 2015 [4 favorites]
We're going to have a hell of a time recognizing alien life when we finally see it.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 1:32 PM on June 19, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 1:32 PM on June 19, 2015 [8 favorites]
Harpocrates: "Is it standard practice to use hair in such a manner?"
Maybe! Early genetics labs used baby hair (which is extra fine) to make loops to slice and manipulate chromosomes while studying them (one of the female lab assistants had the idea, when they couldn't find or make any lab tools fine enough to do the job -- IIRC she tried it with her own hair, which wasn't quite fine enough, and then her baby's). They got it from kids of lab members. Human hair is very fine and very strong.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 1:51 PM on June 19, 2015 [19 favorites]
Maybe! Early genetics labs used baby hair (which is extra fine) to make loops to slice and manipulate chromosomes while studying them (one of the female lab assistants had the idea, when they couldn't find or make any lab tools fine enough to do the job -- IIRC she tried it with her own hair, which wasn't quite fine enough, and then her baby's). They got it from kids of lab members. Human hair is very fine and very strong.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 1:51 PM on June 19, 2015 [19 favorites]
Babies also have the super-power of expelling things in unexpected ways through their orifaces.
posted by Devonian at 2:24 PM on June 19, 2015 [15 favorites]
posted by Devonian at 2:24 PM on June 19, 2015 [15 favorites]
They have brains though.
(I'm pretty sure they use them to plan some of that stuff.)
posted by Artw at 2:51 PM on June 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
(I'm pretty sure they use them to plan some of that stuff.)
posted by Artw at 2:51 PM on June 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
Starfish are Wolverine!
No, it's just that Wolverine was never a mutant after all. Bitten by a Radioactive Starfish was he.
posted by bswinburn at 3:41 PM on June 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
No, it's just that Wolverine was never a mutant after all. Bitten by a Radioactive Starfish was he.
posted by bswinburn at 3:41 PM on June 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
They have brains though. (I'm pretty sure they use them to plan some of that stuff.)
I'm not sure how to say this without seeming like I'm trying to pick a fight about marine invertebrates, but it appears Wikipedia disagrees with you, with a surprising degree of specificity:
"While a starfish lacks a centralized brain, it has a complex nervous system...", and even "The starfish does not have the capacity to plan its actions".
(Also, your favorite cephalopod mollusk sucks.)
posted by aubilenon at 4:07 PM on June 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm not sure how to say this without seeming like I'm trying to pick a fight about marine invertebrates, but it appears Wikipedia disagrees with you, with a surprising degree of specificity:
"While a starfish lacks a centralized brain, it has a complex nervous system...", and even "The starfish does not have the capacity to plan its actions".
(Also, your favorite cephalopod mollusk sucks.)
posted by aubilenon at 4:07 PM on June 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
(Also, your favorite cephalopod mollusk sucks.)
Say what?
posted by mistersquid at 4:14 PM on June 19, 2015 [8 favorites]
Say what?
posted by mistersquid at 4:14 PM on June 19, 2015 [8 favorites]
Babies have brains. Babies.
Though I am not ruling out starfish plotting against us, possibly in league with babies.
posted by Artw at 4:19 PM on June 19, 2015 [5 favorites]
Though I am not ruling out starfish plotting against us, possibly in league with babies.
posted by Artw at 4:19 PM on June 19, 2015 [5 favorites]
(Also, your favorite cephalopod mollusk sucks.)
Them's fightin' words
posted by Earthtopus at 4:20 PM on June 19, 2015 [7 favorites]
Them's fightin' words
posted by Earthtopus at 4:20 PM on June 19, 2015 [7 favorites]
(Also, your favorite cephalopod mollusk sucks.)
A starfish is not a cephalopod mollusk, nor any other kind of mollusk. It has radial symmetry! Radial!!!
posted by Sys Rq at 4:26 PM on June 19, 2015 [13 favorites]
A starfish is not a cephalopod mollusk, nor any other kind of mollusk. It has radial symmetry! Radial!!!
posted by Sys Rq at 4:26 PM on June 19, 2015 [13 favorites]
No, it's just that Wolverine was never a mutant after all. Bitten by a Radioactive Starfish was he.
Kevin Feige's ears just perked up as he reflexively reached for Marvel's contract with Fox.
posted by thecaddy at 4:44 PM on June 19, 2015
Kevin Feige's ears just perked up as he reflexively reached for Marvel's contract with Fox.
posted by thecaddy at 4:44 PM on June 19, 2015
A starfish is not a cephalopod mollusk, nor any other kind of mollusk. It has radial symmetry! Radial!!!
It's yer basic Elder Thing versus Starspawn of Cthulhu divide!
posted by Artw at 5:24 PM on June 19, 2015 [4 favorites]
It's yer basic Elder Thing versus Starspawn of Cthulhu divide!
posted by Artw at 5:24 PM on June 19, 2015 [4 favorites]
It's yer basic Elder Thing versus Starspawn of Cthulhu divide!
Yet still another all-purpose Metafilter comment that fits is nearly any thread.
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:14 PM on June 19, 2015 [4 favorites]
Yet still another all-purpose Metafilter comment that fits is nearly any thread.
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:14 PM on June 19, 2015 [4 favorites]
And music posts.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:56 PM on June 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:56 PM on June 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Babies suck. They really do. I know, I've fed them.
posted by kinnakeet at 4:27 AM on June 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by kinnakeet at 4:27 AM on June 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
First law of biology: "Under precisely controlled conditions with all variables perfectly managed, the organism will do whatever the fuck it wants."
posted by Combat Wombat at 5:49 AM on June 20, 2015 [10 favorites]
posted by Combat Wombat at 5:49 AM on June 20, 2015 [10 favorites]
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(This is cool though.)
posted by maryr at 12:47 PM on June 19, 2015 [2 favorites]